Phương Liên | |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1939 |
Birth Place: | Đà Lạt |
House: | Nguyễn Phúc |
Father: | Bảo Đại |
Mother: | Nam Phương |
Spouse: | Bernard Soulain |
Issue: | Valérie Soulain Caroline Soulain |
Princess Phương Liên of Vietnam (born 3 November 1939 in Đà Lạt) is a daughter of Bảo Đại, the last emperor of Vietnam, and his first wife, Empress Nam Phương.
Her father abdicated as emperor in 1945.[1]
She was educated at the Convent des Oiseaux, Verneuil-sur-Seine, France, and in England.
On 6 January 1961, in the Catholic rite of matrimony, Princess Phương Liên married banker Bernard Maurice Soulain, in Chabrignac, Corrèze, France. He is from Bordeaux, and is the son of Alysse Albert Soulain and his wife, Yvonne Adrienne Marguerite Cousin.
They have two daughters: